From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Terrence Martin Subject: Re: Kernel or patch suggestions for DMA enables Marvell Driver Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 10:15:51 -0800 Message-ID: <43A99BD7.3060802@physics.ucsd.edu> References: <43A86AF2.2080508@physics.ucsd.edu> <43A87273.2060403@physics.ucsd.edu> <43A88218.1040205@physics.ucsd.edu> <43A8BF6B.1090006@physics.ucsd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from newport.ucsd.edu ([132.239.73.89]:59629 "EHLO newport.ucsd.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932485AbVLUSP5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:15:57 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Bogdan Costescu Cc: Sebastian Kuzminsky , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Bogdan Costescu wrote: > On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Terrence Martin wrote: > >> sata_mv 0000:03:04.0: 32 slots 4 ports unknown mode IRQ via MSI > > This line seems to suggest that you have MSI enabled in your kernel > config. Both me and Jeff Garzik had to disable it in order to get the > driver to work with our Marvell controllers. However, your log shows > the driver proceeding further than in my case, so maybe you have a > setup that would allow using MSI - what mainboard is this ? (you > mentioned Supermicro, but not the model number, unless I missed it...) > These are X6DHR-TG and X6DVL-EG2 I also have a similar problem with my Supermicro opterons which as far as I can tell have the same controllers. The opterons are H8DAR-T I can disable MSI and see if that helps. Terrence